Thinkpad T500 and W500 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo
Thinkpad T500 and W500 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo
Thinkpad T500 and W500 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo
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Contents<br />
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . v<br />
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
General safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
H<strong>and</strong>ling devices that are sensitive to electrostatic<br />
discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Safety notices (multilingual translations) . . . . . 7<br />
Laser compliance statement (multilingual<br />
translations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Important service information . . . . . 39<br />
Strategy for replacing FRUs . . . . . . . . . 39<br />
Strategy for replacing a hard disk drive . . . . 40<br />
Important notice for replacing a system board . . 40<br />
How to use error message . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Strategy for replacing FRUs for CTO, CMV, <strong>and</strong><br />
GAV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Product definition . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
FRU identification for CTO, CMV, <strong>and</strong> GAV<br />
products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Checkout guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
Diagnostics using PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . 45<br />
<strong>Lenovo</strong> ThinkVantage Toolbox (<strong>Lenovo</strong> System<br />
Toolbox) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
PC-Doctor for Rescue <strong>and</strong> Recovery . . . . . 49<br />
FRU tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
Power system checkout . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Checking the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Checking operational charging . . . . . . . 53<br />
Checking the battery pack . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Checking the backup battery . . . . . . . 54<br />
Related service information. . . . . . 55<br />
Restoring the factory contents by using Product<br />
Recovery discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
Restoring the factory contents by using Recovery<br />
Disc Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
Hard-disk password . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />
How to remove the power-on password . . . . 58<br />
How to remove the hard-disk password . . . . 59<br />
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
Screen blank mode . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
Sleep (St<strong>and</strong>by) mode . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
Hibernation mode . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
Symptom-to-FRU index . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
Numeric error codes . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />
No-beep symptoms. . . . . . . . . . . 67<br />
LCD-related symptoms . . . . . . . . . 68<br />
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . 69<br />
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . 71<br />
Fn key combinations . . . . . . . . 75<br />
FRU replacement notices . . . . . . . 79<br />
Screw notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />
Retaining serial numbers . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
Restoring the serial number of the system unit 80<br />
Retaining the UUID . . . . . . . . . . 80<br />
Reading or writing the ECA information . . . 81<br />
Removing <strong>and</strong> replacing a FRU . . . . 83<br />
1010 Battery pack . . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br />
1020 Serial Ultrabay Slim device . . . . . . . 85<br />
1030 Hard disk drive (HDD) cover, HDD <strong>and</strong> HDD<br />
rubber rails or solid state drive (SSD) <strong>and</strong> storage<br />
converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />
1040 Palm rest or palm rest with fingerprint reader 88<br />
1050 DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91<br />
1060 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92<br />
1070 Modem daughter card (MDC-3.0) . . . . . 94<br />
1080 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless<br />
LAN/WiMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96<br />
1090 Intel Turbo Memory Minicard or Wireless USB<br />
adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98<br />
1100 Backup battery . . . . . . . . . . . 100<br />
1110 SIM card slot . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br />
1120 Keyboard bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 102<br />
1130 PCI Express Mini Card for wireless WAN . . 104<br />
1140 Speaker assembly . . . . . . . . . . 106<br />
1150 Fan assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . 108<br />
1160 CPU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112<br />
1170 LCD unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113<br />
1180 Base cover <strong>and</strong> USB sub card with cable. . . 116<br />
1190 Structure frame . . . . . . . . . . . 121<br />
1200 System board <strong>and</strong> ExpressCard slot assembly 124<br />
2010 LCD front bezel (LCD cover kit) . . . . . 127<br />
2020 LCD rear cover (LCD cover kit) . . . . . 129<br />
2030 Inverter card or LED control card . . . . . 130<br />
2040 Integrated camera . . . . . . . . . . 131<br />
2050 Bluetooth daughter card (BDC-2.1) . . . . 132<br />
2060 Antenna assembly . . . . . . . . . . 133<br />
2070 LCD panel <strong>and</strong> LCD cable . . . . . . . 136<br />
2080 Hinges <strong>and</strong> LCD magnesium frame . . . . 139<br />
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